Bobcats week: March 24-30

Sunday

Mar 23, 2014 at 12:01 AMMar 23, 2014 at 12:20 PM

Richard Walker

THIS WEEK’S GAMES:

Monday – Houston, 7 p.m.

Wednesday – Brooklyn, 7 p.m.

Friday – at Orlando, 7 p.m.

MARQUEE MATCHUP:

Wednesday vs. Brooklyn – If Charlotte wants to climb higher than seventh in the Eastern Conference, this a must-win contest since Brooklyn entered Sunday 4 1-2 games ahead of the Bobcats and has already won two of the three meetings between the teams this season. Charlotte’s 95-91 home victory on Nov. 20 snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Nets – and is the only Bobcats win in the last 10 meetings in the series.

NOTABLE:

Charlotte enters the week coming off perhaps its best game of the season – and one of the best in franchise history. In Saturday’s 124-94 win over Portland, the Bobcats set season-highs for points in the first half (69), points in a game and margin of victory (30). The point total also is fifth-best in franchise history and the margin of victory was fourth-best in franchise history….

When Al Jefferson (28 points), Kemba Walker (26) and Gerald Henderson (23) scored 20 or more points in Saturday’s win, it marked the third time that has happened in a season and is a franchise record….

Monday’s game with Houston is Charlotte’s last game of the season against teams from the Western Conference; The Bobcats are 21-20 against the East and 13-16 against the West so far this year.

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